Dr Philip Shetler-Jones

Ed Arnold, Senior Research Fellow for European Security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank, added: 'The immediate crisis within Europe will be how to continue diplomatic, military and humanitarian support to Ukraine without the US. 'Whichever mechanism it comes through – NATO, the EU, or bilaterally – it will be incredibly expensive.' Dr Philip Shetler-Jones, RUSI's Senior Research Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security, concluded that Trump's policy toward China will ultimately focus on 'avoiding conflict under an approach of ''peace through strength''.' RUSI's Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Security Dr Burcu Ozcelik characterised Trump's approach to the Middle East as a 'complex list of unknowns', chief among which is how much leverage Trump will have over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump has also promised to implement an even more aggressive version of his “America First” vision, and the US’s possible turn towards greater isolation will worry India, which relies on the US-India partnership for intelligence sharing and counterterrorism efforts to quell threats originating from Pakistan. Dr Philip Shetler-Jones, senior research fellow for Indo-Pacific security at think tank Rusi, said: “American allies in the region will anticipate renewed pressure to contribute more for their security. “Leaders will seek to establish good personal relations with the President-elect to make a good case for stable relations, and to control the risk of sharp changes of direction.”

Philip Shetler-Jones, senior research fellow of Indo-Pacific security at the Royal United Services Institute, said, "There is no basis in the international law for Beijing's protest against the free passage of ships through the Taiwan Strait." He continued, "Claims that the strait is an internal waterway are part of the [Chinese] Communist Party's information campaign to convince the outside the world that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China, which is not the case," he said.